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Human Rights

Chef David Vargas, Owner of Vida Cantina in Portsmouth, NH is hosting a one-time-only event that he created to raise money for foundations supporting immigrant workers and their families. He joined me in studio with Chef Daniel Bojorquez of La Brasa in Somerville to talk about Si Se Puede – Yes We Can Dinner on Sunday, April 2. More

After the Girl Scouts of Western Washington received a $100,000 contribution earlier this spring, the office was overjoyed.

In the wake of Vanity Fair’s cover story introducing the world to Caitlyn Jenner, everyone has had an opinion to share. But one opinion, posted by an Oregon man named Terry Coffey, has proven to be widely held, and has been shared over 750,000 times on Facebook.

Rapper Killer Mike, half of Run the Jewels and a powerful solo artist in his own right, will speak at MIT this Friday, April 24, on race relations in light of recent stories involving policy brutality, the legacy of Ferguson and more. More

It’s Equal Pay Day in America, an unofficial equal rights holiday that encourages women to fight for payment on par with their male coworkers. Celebrities and everywomen alike have been outspoken on the issue since the National Committee on Pay Equity introduced the movement in 1996. More

Beloved Bostonian Ben Affleck was on television today, but not on the usual channels — he was testifying at a Senate hearing on C-SPAN regarding foreign aid and international diplomacy. But before discussing this serious topic, he managed to drop a bit of a spoiler for the upcoming Batman film while giving a shoutout to a longtime New England senator. More